Book Review: East of Desolation

Reviewed By: Carl Brookins - RAM

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Jack Higgins
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Espionage   Thriller
1998, Berkley, 244 pp.

This novel give the lie to stories going around that publishers are only interested in long books with one or more dead bodies in the first couple of pages, and not much description. This one is not about a series character, either. But if what you want is a high -tension thriller with plenty of twists, a couple of dead bodies, interesting characters, a grand setting and surprises right up to the final page, I recommend that master story-teller, Jack Higgins.

EAST OF DESOLATION, is set in Greenland and follows engaging rogue Joe Martin, a charter pilot based at Cape Desolation. It's a hard -scrabble life and most of the characters you'll meet are stumbling along that fine line between right and wrong. This is not a novel of moral questions and high ethical considerations, nor is it a revelatory tale of social conditions. It's just a cracking good story of conflict, thievery and murder. It's a tale told by one of the world's master story-tellers, set in a compelling part of the world.

Carl Brookins - RAM

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